"Where is the good news from IRAQ ????" Justin asks - HELP JUSTIN NOW!

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HELP JUSTIN NOW
It’s time for us in the media to start listening to the public.

By Matt Taibbi

I READ AN hilarious letter to USA Today last week. It went like this:

WHERE IS THE GOOD NEWS?

I can no longer take the way the media are reporting the situation in Iraq.

I was under the impression that it was the media's job to report both sides of a story, which can and should include the good, bad and sometimes ugly.

I am so tired of seeing all of the bad things going on in Iraq. We all know that the situation can be much better.

Are you really telling me and everyone else that there is nothing good happening there? Why have I not heard any reporting from the Kurdish section in Iraq?

Every day, I read stories about the deaths of soldiers, civilians and even the enemies. Are you telling us that this is the only thing going on?

Why don't you let us know about some of the good things going on over there?

Justin Ringling, Westerly, R.I.

I looked up Justin after reading this. He is indeed listed in Westerly, RI, so he appears to be a real person. There is another Justin Ringling somewhere in the St. Louis area who made the honor roll at St. Dominic High in St. Charles County several years in a row, but I don't think that's my guy.

I called up Justin and left several messages, explaining that I thought I could help with his problem. No answer.

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[Webster Green]

1. Didn't we paint a schoolhouse or something?

Seems like I heard we painted a school, been awhile though, I can't really remember. I think we painted a school though.

Its a shame how the librul media only talks about the bad stuff, like torturing and slaughtering innocent Iraqi citizens.

[shraby]

2. When good things

begin happening, good things will be reported as pr for the administration. As of now, good things are not happening. Nuff said.

[Robbien]

4. We did paint that school, right before we bombed it to pieces

But maybe for Justin's piece of mind we will just leave off that bit about the bombing.

[wtmusic]

3. Good things are happening

We are exposing the lies of the Bush administration.

[ithacan]

5. I love Taibbi

he's great! And he's from Buffalo (I think).

[ithacan]

6. This is hilarious!!!

So I'm left to make this public appeal to Justin to come forward. The reason is that I have a proposal for him. I would like to offer to send him to Iraq at my own expense. I would also like to offer him (assuming my editors cooperate) all the column inches in New York Press that he desires to send the missing good news back to the deprived readership of the United States. (Editors' note: Consider it done.)

I have two conditions. The first is that he goes unarmed and unescorted. The second is that he wear, every day, a t-shirt emblazoned with the American flag on the front, and also bearing an Arabic inscription on the back that reads, "God Bless the U.S."

To ensure that he complies with these conditions, I am furthermore going to require that he adhere to a few simple editorial rules governing the copy he sends home. The first is that he write in the first person. The second is that he use the same lede to each of the columns he sends back. It should read like this:

Unarmed and unescorted, I walked into dressed in my t-shirt emblazoned with the American flag and the Arabic inscription "God Bless the U.S." in search of good news. I found…
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[ithacan]

7. one more

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